I had some thoughts about the topic of coherent discussions in random threads. I think we should either designate it as a matter of board etiquette who is responsible to spin off a new thread (I'd say third post on same topic. Making the second person do it discourages conversation, by the fourth+, no one can be bothered to count what post number they are). Or, I think maybe we should just say it is the duty of the helpers/mods to do it (though others could certainly self-police to help out). With no clear outline of whose job it is, it just leads to no one doing it, or not knowing if it should have been done already, and then people get tetchy with each other. Thoughts?

I like the three post idea. I don't like moderating any of the Random threads because it's so nebulous and vague as to how soon I should split something off. Mostly if I see a discussion going on for more than a page I split it. Some understood etiquette of self moderation in the community would be nice.

Also, sure. I nominate Synthesis to do it. He has wonderful judgement and a quick mind. I would totes get injured just so he could surger me.

You said TITular...

Like boobs....

*Cackles*

He actually said heavy handed tit *giggle*

Logged

“When I was a fighting man, the kettle-drums they beat;The people scattered gold-dust before my horse’s feet;But now I am a great king, the people hound my trackWith poison in my wine-cup, and daggers at my back.”

The random threads are the only threads on the GDB that the "stay on topic" rule doesn't seem to apply to. The "topic" of these threads is that there is no topic. So when a random thread starts to get a topic, it puts staff/mods in the awkward position of having to make sure the thread doesn't have a topic.

In addition to that, and the fact that most reported posts are in those two threads - partly because most GDB posts are in those threads, and partly because it's easier to bury flaming/vaguebooking/other petty crap in those threads - it makes locking them, and letting people get used to making threads for things they want to discuss, look better for the GDB (and perhaps the player community as a whole) in the long run.

So be nice, have a piece of cheese and calm down before you post. Think if it needs to be in its own thread or if it should be posted at all.

It's also a lot easier to avoid topics you don't particularly care to read (people's views on American politics or whatever) when they aren't taking up 2+ pages in a supposedly random thread. I'm a lot more likely to tell people to move it along if it's a topic that's likely to polarize people because those topics generally spawn longer posts, longer discussions, and not everyone cares to read about them.

Whether I split the topic off for people or just tell them to make a new topic depends entirely on whether I'm posting from my phone. I need at least three windows to properly split a topic, and navigating multiple tabs on my phone sucks.